git fetch documentation

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Hello,

Regarding the git-fetch man page (IIUC, in pull-fetch-param.txt), in
particular the <refspec> explanation, I feel that two facts are missing:

- A '*' can be used both in src and dest, and it matches any name,
  including subdirectories, but not partial names (i.e. refs/heads/foo*
  is invalid).
- multiple fetch lines can be given in .git/config, each of them will be
  obeyed

These are probably obvious for most users, but I think documenting them
would be good for newcomers. (I tried to come up with a patch but I
can't find a precise yet concise way to explain the role of '*' in
english.)

-- 
Nico.

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